Gradually Falling into the Trap

No one would have expected that someone would suddenly attempt to assassinate Gui Chuan inside his own palace.

But Gui Chuan was, after all, a peak-stage Heavenly God expert. Even in such a state of extreme relaxation, he would not be assassinated so easily.

The woman clad in transparent gauze wielded a longsword. Its light flashed, and the power it unleashed was formidable—at the very least, she was at the Heavenly God realm.

Yet a cold gleam suddenly erupted from Gui Chuan's body. With a violent shudder, he sent the woman flying back.

"Who are you?!"

Killing intent burst from Gui Chuan's eyes as he shouted harshly.

Only then did he realize that he had never seen this woman before. She was not one of his subordinates at all!

A strange smile appeared on the failed assassin's face, but she said nothing.

Gui Chuan snorted coldly and struck in an instant, summoning surging waves of frigid air. He cultivated the Spirit Turtle Clan's Cold Heaven Frost Art, which possessed the power to freeze all things, and he had cultivated this Bloodline Method to an extremely profound level.

This power of his was rather similar to the Eternal Ice Seal Mu Qing cultivated.

However, Mu Qing's Eternal Ice Seal came from the Heavenly Court. It could easily freeze even an entire star!

Faced with the terrifying cold air, the woman suddenly transformed into a mass of Black Mist and vanished.

"How is that possible?!"

Gui Chuan's expression changed drastically. He was a peak-stage Heavenly God expert, after all. When ambushed, he had reacted swiftly and directly counterattacked with his full strength.

Yet that assassin, who was clearly only at the early Heavenly God stage, had actually escaped from his grasp!

"Chase her! Hurry up and chase her!"

Gui Chuan roared, mobilizing